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very close to washington d.c. in the southwest in dickinson county $29,000. >> it's a tremendousp disparity. so much of those jobs in that urban crescent are defense-related. that's been a particular issue in this campaign. as this state looks to what may happen after the election with regard to see questions traition of those automaticnd indiscriminate cuts that will take place in january 2 if the spending plan is not developed. here's a lot of attention, a lot of focus on what may happen after see questions traition. that will be deeply interestinge to those people who are making that kind of money because so much of that is oriented around the defense industry. >> sreenivasan: kathy lewis, thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. ifill: now let's go to 30,000 feet on this evening from presidential historians and newshour regulars michael beschloss and richard norton smith. you know, michael, i have heard time and time again throughout this campaign that this has been a campaign about small things. the bi pic
very close to washington d.c. in the southwest in dickinson county $29,000. >> it's a tremendousp disparity. so much of those jobs in that urban crescent are defense-related. that's been a particular issue in this campaign. as this state looks to what may happen after the election with regard to see questions traition of those automaticnd indiscriminate cuts that will take place in january 2 if the spending plan is not developed. here's a lot of attention, a lot of focus on what may...
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in maryland and washington, they have popular referenda. so this is that process i was talking about. in those two states the legislatures pass bills that legalize same-sex marriage. and opponents have pushed back by qualifying a popular referendum to the ballot. if voters say yes in maryland and washington tomorrow they're agreeing with the legislature that same-sex marriage should be legalized in their state. if they say no, these new bills will not take effect. and then finally we have minnesota. they have the same kind of question that we've seen in so many states over the last decade-and-a-half. let's define marriage as between one man and one woman. >> woodruff: you have several tax measures that are on the ballot. measures having to do with marijuana. >> yes. marijuana is on the ballot in six states this year. here in colorado and then also in oregon and washington there are measures that would legalize the sale and use of marijuana for anybody age 21 or over. this is not medical marijuana. this is essentially legalizing recreational
in maryland and washington, they have popular referenda. so this is that process i was talking about. in those two states the legislatures pass bills that legalize same-sex marriage. and opponents have pushed back by qualifying a popular referendum to the ballot. if voters say yes in maryland and washington tomorrow they're agreeing with the legislature that same-sex marriage should be legalized in their state. if they say no, these new bills will not take effect. and then finally we have...
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. >> warner: in fairfax an independent voter rich suburb of washington d.c. >> so many of you look at the big debates in this country not as a republican or a democrat but as an independent thinker, ican. am and you watch what's happened to thi country over the last four years with an independent voice you hope that president obama would live up to his promise to bring people together. to solve big problems. he hasn't. i will. ( cheers and applause ) o >> warner: in late afternoon he rallieded supporters in columbus, the capital of all important ohio. e feel good about the nature of theel race. i think we're going to win ohio >> warner: do you see a path to victory without winning ohio >> there are numerous paths to victory to get to 270. but like anyone else, we'd rather get there wth ohio thanre without it >> wa er: ohio so crucial that romney's running mate paul ryan ers there today to too. on the hee of stops in nevada, colorado, and iowa. romney's day won't end until midnight after an election evef rally in manchester, new hampshire. >> woodruff: late monday in a surprise move ro
. >> warner: in fairfax an independent voter rich suburb of washington d.c. >> so many of you look at the big debates in this country not as a republican or a democrat but as an independent thinker, ican. am and you watch what's happened to thi country over the last four years with an independent voice you hope that president obama would live up to his promise to bring people together. to solve big problems. he hasn't. i will. ( cheers and applause ) o >> warner: in late...
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a lot to keep up with, sari horowitz, thanks again from the "washington post." thanks so much. >> sure, thank you. >> ifill: house and senate leaders are complaining that congress and the white house were kept out of the loop on these high-profile investigations. we wondered, how does that work? for that, we turn to jane harman, the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, now c.e.o. of the woodrow wilson center. and matthew miller, who served as director of public affairs for attorney general eric holder at the department of justice until last year. matthew miller, is there anything unusual in that story that sari just laid out for us about how this case and how this investigation unfolded? is is there anything about how that played out that strikes you as unusual. >> i think everything about this case is unusual. there's not a lot of precedent to look at with a case like this. it really does seem to be an unprecedented case. but you look at the principles that the department follows when they conduct these types of investigations. one of th
a lot to keep up with, sari horowitz, thanks again from the "washington post." thanks so much. >> sure, thank you. >> ifill: house and senate leaders are complaining that congress and the white house were kept out of the loop on these high-profile investigations. we wondered, how does that work? for that, we turn to jane harman, the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, now c.e.o. of the woodrow wilson center. and matthew miller, who served as...
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we were all stisnded s-- many of us were stranded at home in the washington, d.c. media market on monday during the hurricane and saw a lot of these adsn the virginia race. and it was justd non-stop left right left right beating each other up. many funded by the outside groups and not the candidates themselvess. >> brown: let's focusn one case, oio,iotell us what you see there in terms of campaigns versus the outside groups. >> well, especially on the republican side, the outside groups are a huge factor. the republican candidate josh mandel has been outspent 3-1 by the outside groups in support of him. so he's been hugely helped by these groups. sherrod brown, obviously, has -- as the incumbent, had the incumbent advantage in terms of the money that he has available to spendy but he' also getting a lot of help from outside groups. they are flood there had in ohio and the markable thing isma that ohio is this big presidential state. it's not like the airwaves are free and clear. >> brown: never. >> so they're aving to spend a ton of money. ese aren't cheap media ma
we were all stisnded s-- many of us were stranded at home in the washington, d.c. media market on monday during the hurricane and saw a lot of these adsn the virginia race. and it was justd non-stop left right left right beating each other up. many funded by the outside groups and not the candidates themselvess. >> brown: let's focusn one case, oio,iotell us what you see there in terms of campaigns versus the outside groups. >> well, especially on the republican side, the outside...
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"washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend, and don't forget to set your clocks back. thanks for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intel-- sponsors of tomorrow. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
"washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend, and don't forget to set your clocks back. thanks for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intel-- sponsors of tomorrow. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and...
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david, you're not in washington right now. mark, you are. but welcome back. let's start-- let me start out quickly, david, what more is there to be said about last night in the way everything unfolded? >> don't mess with big bird. the revemple of pbs. the revenge of pbs. no, i'm not sure that was a voting issue. the fundamental issue is this is a country that is an incredibly diverse country that has changed demographically, a lot more latinos, a lot more asian americans, a lot more single women, a lot more single men, and a lot more college-educated men and culturally the republican party didn't move. they have to do what every single company in the country basically, every university has done-- adapt to the new reality. they have to put up a story that will appeal to these groupses, these new and rising groups. the problem they're going to have is already a lot of republicans are saying, "we just have to fix immigration reform. our policy on immigration reform." that's necessary but not sufficient. they have to come up with a story about how you make it in
david, you're not in washington right now. mark, you are. but welcome back. let's start-- let me start out quickly, david, what more is there to be said about last night in the way everything unfolded? >> don't mess with big bird. the revemple of pbs. the revenge of pbs. no, i'm not sure that was a voting issue. the fundamental issue is this is a country that is an incredibly diverse country that has changed demographically, a lot more latinos, a lot more asian americans, a lot more...
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as a china analyst and is now at the center for strategic and international studies, a washington think tank. so we now know the new group of leaders. any surprises in that? >> no, i don't think there were. we saw this list had been circulated, this more conservative list, circulated a couple weeks ago so it came out exactly as it had been predicted. it is unfortunate that these more reform oriented people didn't make the list but we knew in advance who was going to show up. >> brown: what does "conservative" and "reform" mean in today's china vis-a-vis the government and the party? >> it's important to emphasize these people deemed as more conservative are not somehow orthodox hard liners. these people believe in the reform process that dung chao peng launched 30 years ago. so it's a much more of a degree of reform, not which reform should be pursued. and what are we talking about is should the party be pursuing a next wave of political reform? >> brown: as to xi jinping himself he was critical of the party, talking about corruption, taking describes, being out of touch with people is
as a china analyst and is now at the center for strategic and international studies, a washington think tank. so we now know the new group of leaders. any surprises in that? >> no, i don't think there were. we saw this list had been circulated, this more conservative list, circulated a couple weeks ago so it came out exactly as it had been predicted. it is unfortunate that these more reform oriented people didn't make the list but we knew in advance who was going to show up. >>...
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letitia baldrige, the author and etuette maven, has died at a nursing home outside washington. she had severe osteoarthritis and cardiac complications.ha baldrige served as first lady jacqueline kennedy's chief of staff, planning state di ers and social gatherings ci the white house. later, "time" magazine hailed her the arbiter of "new american manners" for defining etiquette for the workplace. letitigebaldri was 86 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we take up a question that is being discussed in the wake of the hurricane. should cities and states start making bigger changes to prepare for the consequences of natural disasters and severe weather? ray suarez has the story as part of our ongoing series on coping with climate change. >> suarez: a hurricane in the final days of october, fed by warm ocean water, slams the eastern seaboard. it's a reminder of how often extreme weather events have been in the news. the debate over climate change-- whether it's real, and who or what is causing it-- rages on without signs of abat
letitia baldrige, the author and etuette maven, has died at a nursing home outside washington. she had severe osteoarthritis and cardiac complications.ha baldrige served as first lady jacqueline kennedy's chief of staff, planning state di ers and social gatherings ci the white house. later, "time" magazine hailed her the arbiter of "new american manners" for defining etiquette for the workplace. letitigebaldri was 86 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now,...
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stocks rebounded on the hopeful talk in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 100 points. and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable feminine hygiene products. find her story on our social entrepreneurs page. plus, on making sense, paul solman breaks down the pros and cons of investing in i-bonds versus 403(b) retirement savings plans. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, another in our series of conversations with incoming senators. tomorrow, we'll talk
stocks rebounded on the hopeful talk in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 100 points. and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth...
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reporting from washington, i'm laura trillion yen.
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obama also faced questions on the other major story in washington right now, the extra-marital affair that ended david petraeus' career as c.i.a. director. today, he said he's seen no evidence that national security was compromised. >> obviously, there's an ongoing investigation. i don't want to comment on the specifics of the investigation. the f.b.i. has its own protocols in terms of how they proceed. we are safer because of the work that dave petraeus has done. and my main hope right now is-- is that he and his family are able to move on and that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career. >> reporter: the president was pressed on whether he should have been informed sooner of the f.b.i.'s investigation. he said he was withholding judgment. >> i think you're going to have to talk to the f.b.i. in terms of what their general protocols are when it comes to what started off as a potential criminal investigation. and one of the challenges here is-- is that we're not supposed to meddle in, you know, criminal investigations. and that's been o
obama also faced questions on the other major story in washington right now, the extra-marital affair that ended david petraeus' career as c.i.a. director. today, he said he's seen no evidence that national security was compromised. >> obviously, there's an ongoing investigation. i don't want to comment on the specifics of the investigation. the f.b.i. has its own protocols in terms of how they proceed. we are safer because of the work that dave petraeus has done. and my main hope right...